When I first heard of the term "nuclear family", I thought it was referring to the fact that 20 century families had to deal with the constant fear of losing their family to a nuclear bomb.

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• hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It refers to the nucleus of the family, which is where the jeans are stored (closet). Every conservative, Christian, god-fearing nuclear family has at least one family member in the closet. Usually, it’s Lindsey Graham. It’s always Lindsey Graham.

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  • TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    But all homophobes are secretly Lindsay Graham

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• db2@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  As a ghoul I can confirm this is exactly what i it meant.

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• klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Honestly I assumed it was the people you’d share your bomb shelter with for a while.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Those are called “raccoons”.

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• optissima@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I thought it was that because they were exposed to radiation they couldn’t have more than 2 kids and they had to live in neighborhoods with houses with extra radiation shielding!

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• NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Couldn’t they have come up with a better name (core or base or immediate) … ? Or was it on purpose?

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s actually a reference to atomic structure.

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    • Fondots@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Gonna start referring to my extended family as being “negatively charged” then

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